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Barney Barnett Plough

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Barney Barnett Plough

Birth
Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Death
23 Jul 1956 (aged 66)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Barney Barnett Plough, retired pharmacist and longtime associate of Plough, Inc., passed away at Baptist Hospital Monday. He had been a patient there since February 11.

Mr. Plough was born in Aberdeen, Miss, 66 years ago but had lived in Memphis since he was two years old. He was the son of the late Moses and Julia Plough.

He was a brother of Abe Plough, president of Plough, Inc. Before his retirement January 1, 1955, Barney Plough was assistant manager of Consolidated Distributors, having assumed the position when the Plough firm bought the partnership in 1946. The partnership formed in 1939 consisted of Mr. Plough, his brother, Sam Plough, Leon Wurtzburger and Milton M. Shurman. For ten years prior to 1939, Mr. Plough owned and operated the White Way Pharmacy at Overton Park and Cleveland.

He attended Market Street School. Later, he became a newspaper reporter and then became associated with Battier’s Pharmacy. He worked up from stock boy to manager of two stores before he left the firm.

He was the fifth Memphian to volunteer for service in World War I and was discharged as a sergeant. He returned to his pharmacy work and was graduated from University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.

He became widely known in the drug business and owned one of the largest suburban drug stores here.

Biographical information provided by contributor Kim.

Barney Barnett Plough, retired pharmacist and longtime associate of Plough, Inc., passed away at Baptist Hospital Monday. He had been a patient there since February 11.

Mr. Plough was born in Aberdeen, Miss, 66 years ago but had lived in Memphis since he was two years old. He was the son of the late Moses and Julia Plough.

He was a brother of Abe Plough, president of Plough, Inc. Before his retirement January 1, 1955, Barney Plough was assistant manager of Consolidated Distributors, having assumed the position when the Plough firm bought the partnership in 1946. The partnership formed in 1939 consisted of Mr. Plough, his brother, Sam Plough, Leon Wurtzburger and Milton M. Shurman. For ten years prior to 1939, Mr. Plough owned and operated the White Way Pharmacy at Overton Park and Cleveland.

He attended Market Street School. Later, he became a newspaper reporter and then became associated with Battier’s Pharmacy. He worked up from stock boy to manager of two stores before he left the firm.

He was the fifth Memphian to volunteer for service in World War I and was discharged as a sergeant. He returned to his pharmacy work and was graduated from University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.

He became widely known in the drug business and owned one of the largest suburban drug stores here.

Biographical information provided by contributor Kim.



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